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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks about the passing of Tony Bennett, and the amazing catalog of Christmas music he has given us.
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Author: Ken Kessler
Title: The Christmas Music Legacy of Tony Bennett
Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas announces a sequel to the Christmas In July programming special event. This Tuesday, the Sounds of Christmas From A To Z Part Two begins, playing the majority of the Sounds of Christmas library from A to Z once again, but this time, it will be alphabetical by artist instead of by song!
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Author: Ken Kessler
Title: The Sounds Of Christmas From A To Z Part 2 – The Artists Edition
Ken from the Sounds of Christmas is joined by Rikki from the Sleighbells and Mistletoe Christmas podcast, Gerry from the Totally Rad Christmas podcast and Scott from the Holly Jolly X’masu podcast to talk about secret Christmas songs. Well, sort of. They’re talking about Christmas songs they know of by well-known (or semi-well-known) singers, bands and celebrities that they think hardly anyone else knows about!
Sleighbells and Mistletoe Christmas podcast – https://sbmchristmas.libsyn.com/
Totally Rad Christmas podcast – https://totallyradchristmas.com/
Holly Jolly X’masu podcast – https://hollyjollyxmasu.libsyn.com/website
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Author: Ken Kessler
Title: Secret Songs
Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas kicks off the third season of this podcast with a special announcement! For Christmas In July, the Sounds of Christmas station will be playing nearly every song in the library from A to Z!
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Author: Ken Kessler
Title: The Sounds Of Christmas From A To Z
Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks to podcasters Kristin from Holidays After Dark, Gerry from Totally Rad Christmas and Scott from Holly Jolly X’masu about listening to Christmas music outside of the traditional Christmas-music-listening season!
Holidays After Dark: https://holidaysafterdark.com/
Totally Rad Christmas: https://totallyradchristmas.com/
Holly Jolly X’masu: https://hollyjollyxmasu.libsyn.com/website
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Author: Ken Kessler
Title: Tis Always The Season
Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks about the recent passing of legendary songwriter Cynthia Weil and the rich legacy of music she has left us. He also talks about his favorite song of hers (co-written with her partner Barry Mann) – “Christmas Vacation”!
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Author: Ken Kessler
Title: Christmas Vacation
Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks about Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You”. The song was recently added to the National Recording Registry, and Ken takes a look at the song’s amazing history of chart success, and many of the records it broke along the way!
Nominate songs to the National Recording Registry: https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/recording-registry/nominate/
Previous podcast episode on Christmas music already added to the National Recording Registry: https://soundsofchristmas.buzzsprout.com/1658629/10476711-christmas-music-and-the-national-recording-registry
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Author: Ken Kessler
Title: All I Want For Christmas Is You
Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas has a quick reminder for anyone that might be looking for some musical Christmas spirit (even though it’s the middle of March) – the Sounds of Christmas station is still on!
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks to Gerry D from the Totally Rad Christmas about their experiences using the much-talked-about Artificial Intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. They talk about things the AI got factually wrong, some of which seem almost eerily human, and Gerry shares how he uses it for work and for his podcast. And can relates a particular experience where the AI seemed to lie to him, and then lie about lying.
Find Gerry’s Totally Radio Christmas everywhere – https://linktr.ee/totallyradchristmas
Some available info on Kagny and the Dirty Rays – https://www.discogs.com/release/1738820-Kagny-The-Dirty-Rats-Kagny-The-Dirty-Rats
Christmas music blog posts in the styles of Stephen King and Jerry Seinfeld – https://www.soundsofchristmas.com/news/chatgpt-blog-posts
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Author: Ken Kessler
Title: Chat GPT
Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas revisits Christmas music at the Grammys, and then takes a look at Christmas music at the Academy Awards!
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Author: Ken Kessler
Title: Awards Season
Ken Kessler talks about a computer programmer’s blog, logging what a traditional radio station played last year in November and December, compared to what was played on the Sounds of Christmas station.
Matthew J. Fitzgerald’s blog – https://mfitz.net/a-tale-of-187-christmas-songs-how-i-logged-nearly-every-song-on-chicagos-christmas-station/
Sounds of Christmas Linktree – https://linktr.ee/socmusic
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Author: Ken Kessler
Title: 187 Songs
Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas is joined by Sarah and Kristin with their lists of singers and bands that they WISH would put out Christmas music. It should be noted that no one on this podcast has any inside info – this is all just a fun wishlist of Christmas music they’d like to hear and share with you next season!
Find Sarah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Spirit_Xmas
Find Kristin and her podcast: https://holidaysafterdark.com/
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Author: Ken Kessler
Title: Christmas Music Wishlist
Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks about the legacy of Jeff Beck, who may not have left us much Christmas music, but he was a legendary artist who did leave us an amazing catalog of music, and who worked with (and influenced) a staggering number of singers and bands!
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Author: Ken Kessler
Title: Thanks For Everything Jeff Beck
Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas highlights segments from earlier podcasts, where artists talk about the possibility of releasing more Christmas music (possibly next year)!
MIke’s Patreon Page – https://www.patreon.com/snowinsouthtown
Jane Monheit – https://www.janemonheitonline.com/store/p/the-merriest
Trans-Siberian Orchestra – https://www.trans-siberian.com
Grant Maloy Smith – https://www.grant-maloy-smith.com/christmas
Rhonda Burchmore and Jack Earle – https://snd.click/RB-SwinginXmas
Cliff Beach – https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/cliffbeach1/jingle-bells
Sarah Partridge – https://www.sarahpartridge.com/a-partridge-in-a-pear-tree/
Blane Howard – https://lnk.to/ChristmasInTheCar
KEITH – https://keithband.com/christmas-magic/
Bob Sirois – https://bobsiroismusic.com
Kristin Amarie and David Lanz – https://kristinamarie.eu/music-store
The Stephens – https://thestephens.bandcamp.com/releases
All Star Kid – https://allstarkid.com
Michael Brandmeier – https://snd.click/aayw
Guy Maeda – https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/guymaeda/the-magic-of-the-season
Suzanne’s Band – https://suzannesband.com
Michael Sinatra – https://www.michaelsinatra.com
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Author: Ken Kessler
Title: Christmas Yet To Come (Again)
Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks about the musical side of “The Night Before Christmas”!
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Author: Ken Kessler
Title: The Night Before
Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks to JJ from Christmas Music News (link below), who annually tracks all of the major new Christmas music releases each year. They talk about some of JJ’s favorites from this season, as well as some of the biggest surprises. They also tease a couple of possible releases for 2023!
JJ’s Christmas Music News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NewXmasMusic
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks to singer/songwriter Guy Maeda about his new Christmas single “The Magic Of The Season”! They also talked about Guy’s work as a background singer in a long list of very popular movies (Top Gun: Maverick, Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness and all three Santa Clause movies)! Plus, Guy teased that next year he plans to re-released his 1990s album A Froggy Christmas, featuring Christmas songs “performed” by frogs!
Guy’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@pianolightmusic2379
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Author: Ken Kessler
Title: Guy Maeda On The Magic Of The Season (with and without frogs)
Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks to singer/composer Kristin Amare and new age instrumentalist David Lanz about their Christmas music collaborations, including their album Forever Christmas and their new singles, “Mary, Did You Know” and “Silent Night”. They also share a glimpse of some of their projects for 2023!
Kristin’s website: https://kristinamarie.eu
David’s website: https://davidlanz.com
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Author: Ken Kessler
Title: Kristin Amarie and David Lanz on Their New Christmas Collaboration (and more)!